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I have MSI Z97 Gaming 3 and want to buy   Intel® SSD 540s Series (120GB, M.2 80mm SATA 6Gb/s, 16nm, TLC)

I know that there are few different types of M.2, the question is - do M.2 on my MB support M.2 on this SSD ? 

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, AlCarosse said:

I have MSI Z97 Gaming 3 and want to buy   Intel® SSD 540s Series (120GB, M.2 80mm SATA 6Gb/s, 16nm, TLC)

I know that there are few different types of M.2, the question is - do M.2 on my MB support M.2 on this SSD ? 

 

 

 

I'm sure it does support it, however IMO the only M.2 drives worth considering are made by Samsung or Plextor so skip the 540s which isn't particularly fast for what it is. 

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7 minutes ago, AlCarosse said:

I have MSI Z97 Gaming 3 and want to buy   Intel® SSD 540s Series (120GB, M.2 80mm SATA 6Gb/s, 16nm, TLC)

I know that there are few different types of M.2, the question is - do M.2 on my MB support M.2 on this SSD ? 

 

 

 

yes it does support it.

 

get a samsung m.2 instead

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2 minutes ago, Thread212 said:

Are u sure u want to buy m.2?

I have SSD already (Intel 540s), I want second one for second OS (linux). With all I've heard about m.2 wanted to try it.

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17 hours ago, AlCarosse said:

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Hi there :)

 

M.2 is simply a form factor. M.2 can be either SATA SSDs (which are the same as 2.5" SATA SSDs), PCIe AHCI-based or PCIe NVMe-based which are much faster compared to SATA SSDs. 

Your motherboard seems to support PCIe-based M.2 SSDs so if you do use storage-intensive applications on your computer that would be a great upgrade. If you don't necessarily have a use of such a fast storage, a regular SATA SSD (regardless if it's 2.5" or M.2) should be good. 

You shouldn't have problems using a NVMe drive as a secondary storage drive, but booting from one would require your BIOS to support it so I'd check with the manufacturer. 

 

What do you mostly do on your system?

 

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